Seaside Resorts with Gleaming White Spa Architecture

Cheerful, distinguished and white, the versatile villas in the Baltic Resorts  attract attention and invite you to linger. Almost without exception, the buildings with their snow-white facades are adorned by a terrace, veranda or balconies. When walking along the promenades, one thing in particular is striking - no two houses are alike. It is this unbelievable abundance of different architectural styles in a very small space that makes up the attractive effect of the spa architecture.

Heiligendamm - the White City by the Sea

The spa industry began in 1793 in the initially inconspicuous town of Heiligendamm. Duke Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin commissioned architects to build an entire ensemble of representative guest and lodging houses for Heiligendamm. The architects preferred a classicist architectural style with antique elements such as columns, stucco reliefs and a snow-white facade. This architectural style soon found imitators.

White Villa Dreams Along the Baltic Coast

The first German seaside resort in Heiligendamm was followed by other seaside resorts. In many places, multifaceted villas with an incredible variety of different stylistic elements of past eras were built, forming the character of "imperial seaside resort architecture". As in the past, guests are welcomed in stately spa houses and reside in elegant seaside villas just a few steps from the fine sandy Baltic Sea beach. Orchestras play to the delight of visitors in concert shells on the beach promenade, and the Baltic air refreshes on the Piers  - the wooden promenades that lead up to half a kilometer across the sea.

Baltic Seaside Resorts with Wellness and Cultural Events

The lovingly restored villas of seaside resort architecture bear witness to the summer resorts of imperial times. In this ambience, fine meals are still served today in restaurants and on sun terraces with a view of the Baltic Sea. An extensive wellness offer of regional remedies  underlines the pleasant stay in the Baltic Sea resorts.

Further insights into the villas steeped in history are offered by numerous cultural events, such as the "Week of Spa Architecture" in the three imperial resorts on the island of Usedom or the "Month of Spa Architecture" in the Baltic resort of Binz on the island of Rügen with the closing weekend "Hereinspaziert in die Villen".